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GARD AND CHECK BOX. No. 407,855. Patented July 80, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

BERNARD DREYFUSS, OF NEW YORK, Y.

CARD AND CHECK BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,855, dated July 30, 1889.

Application led January 9, 1889.

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD DREYFUSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York cit-y, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Card and Check Boxes, of .which the following' is a full and complete specification.

My invention relates to that class of card and check boxes which are intended and adapted for holding a pack of playing-cards and a number of checks or counters `to be used in connection therewith in such a compact and portable form that they may be readily carried in the pocket without inconvenience.

I am aware that boxes have been made in which cards and counters may be placed, and I do not claim as new the idea of adapting a box to this purpose; but these boxes have generally been made large enouglrto contain two or more packs of cards and counters of an inch and a quarter or evensome greater diameter.

My invention makes it possible to use counters of a very small diameter no matter how smalland to properly arrange these in a box which'will also securely hold a single pack of cards.

To assist in understanding my invention, I will refer to the accompanying` drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 represent, respectively, perspective and sectional views.

Like letters refer to like parts in both iigures.

'By reference to these figures it will be seen that my invention consists of the box A, provided with the cross-partitions at either end B B, and the lifting` paper or cloth C, having one end secured to the box at c and the outer end loose. This lifting paper or cloth is of the same width as the box and serves a double purpose, as will be explained further on herein. D represents the checks or counters, E a package of cards inclosed in their wrapper, and F the cover of the box. The arrows indicate direction of movement in operation.

It will be obvious that the most desirable, and when space is considered economical, way in which to arrange the count-ers in such a box, or in any box whatever as a matter of fact, is to place them on edge on the bottom of the box, with the plane of their surfaces par- Serial No. 295.851. (No model.)

allel with 'the end of the compartment in which they are placed, and that such compartment should have its shorter dimension the same as that of the counters. It will be equally obvious that to economize space as much as possible the vertical dimension of this compartment must also be the diameter of the counters; but it will be found that a row of small counters filling such a compartlnent solidly from end to end cannot be removed by the fingers without turning the box over and emptying all the checks out at once. This is because thesma-ll portion of the curved edge of such a counter which can be reached by the thumb and finger does not afford sufcient holding place to make it possible to remove them. The objections to removing them by overturning the box are that there is great liability of dropping the counters, and that it is difficult to remove any particular number less than the whole, when that may be desired. This difliculty is entirely obviated in my invention by the use of the lifting-paper. By gently pulling on the end the checks are raised together as far as may be desired, and any one or any number of them may be taken out Without any danger of dropping those not taken. Then the checks are replaced, the lifting paper is turned or folded over the checks as a cover and serves to keep them and the cards in place. The lifting-paper at the other end of the box will perform the same function at that end andwill also fold over the checks at that end. The two papers may either just meet inthe middle of the box, or may overlap each other as much as may be deemed desirable.

' I have arranged the checks at both ends of the box, as the utility of the lifting device would be impaired if a double row of counters should be placed at one end; but Where fewer counters are desired a single compartment at one end may be suflicient, in which case the paper should be long enough to cover the entire box when folded down over the checks and cards.

I have spoken of C as a lifting-paper; but it may be made of cloth, leather, rubber, thin metal, or any sutliciently iiexible material.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

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l. In a card and 'check box having separate compartments for cards and checks, a flexible lifting device of nearly the same Width as the box, having its end fastened to one side of the check-compartment and receiving the checks within the same, said flexible device being arranged to fold down upon the checks and cards to retain them, and to be raised to lift all the checks simultaneously from this compartment, all substantially as described.

2. As a newT article of manufacture, a. card and check box divided into separate compartments for cards and checks, and having a flexible lifting device of nearly the saine Width as the box fastened to one side of the checkcompartment and receiving the checks Within the same, the said flexible device being arranged to fold down upon the checks and` lVitn esses ALEX. F. DENNIsToN, R. REUTscH. 

